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Denuncia contra los gobernantes

Y dije:

Oíd ahora, jefes de Jacob
y gobernantes de la casa de Israel(A).
¿No corresponde a vosotros conocer la justicia[a](B)?
Vosotros que aborrecéis lo bueno y amáis lo malo,
que les[b] arrancáis la piel de encima
y la carne de sobre sus huesos(C);
que coméis la carne de mi pueblo(D),
les[c] desolláis su piel,
quebráis sus huesos,
y los hacéis pedazos como para la olla(E),
como carne dentro de la caldera.
Entonces clamarán al Señor,
pero Él no les responderá(F);
sino que esconderá de ellos su rostro en aquel tiempo(G),
porque han hecho malas obras(H).

Así dice el Señor acerca de los profetas
que hacen errar a mi pueblo(I),
los cuales cuando tienen algo que morder[d],
proclaman: Paz(J).
Pero contra aquel que no les pone nada en la boca,
declaran guerra santa.
Por tanto, para vosotros será noche sin visión(K),
y oscuridad sin adivinación.
Se pondrá el sol sobre los profetas,
y se oscurecerá el día sobre ellos(L).
Los videntes serán avergonzados(M),
y confundidos los adivinos(N).
Todos ellos se cubrirán la boca[e](O)
porque no hay respuesta de Dios(P).
Yo, en cambio, estoy lleno de poder,
del Espíritu del Señor(Q),
y de juicio y de valor,
para dar a conocer a Jacob su rebelión,
y a Israel su pecado(R).
Oíd ahora esto, jefes de la casa de Jacob(S)
y gobernantes de la casa de Israel,
que aborrecéis la justicia[f](T)
y torcéis todo lo recto,
10 que edificáis a Sión con sangre(U)
y a Jerusalén con iniquidad.
11 Sus jefes juzgan por soborno(V),
sus sacerdotes enseñan por precio,
sus profetas adivinan por dinero(W),
y se apoyan en el Señor, diciendo:
¿No está el Señor en medio de nosotros(X)?
No vendrá sobre nosotros mal alguno.
12 Por tanto, a causa de vosotros,
Sión será arada como un campo,
Jerusalén se convertirá en un montón de ruinas(Y),
y el monte del templo[g] será como las alturas de un bosque(Z).

Footnotes

  1. Miqueas 3:1 O, el derecho
  2. Miqueas 3:2 I.e., al pueblo
  3. Miqueas 3:3 Lit., de sobre ellos
  4. Miqueas 3:5 Lit., morder con sus dientes
  5. Miqueas 3:7 Lit., el bigote
  6. Miqueas 3:9 O, el derecho
  7. Miqueas 3:12 Lit., de la casa

Unjust Leaders Judged

Then I said, “Now listen,(A) leaders of Jacob,
you rulers of the house of Israel.
Aren’t you supposed to know what is just?(B)
You hate good and love evil.
You tear off people’s skin(C)
and strip their flesh from their bones.
You eat the flesh(D) of my people
after you strip their skin from them
and break their bones.
You chop them up(E)
like flesh for the cooking pot,
like meat in a cauldron.”
Then they will cry out(F) to the Lord,
but He will not answer them.
He will hide His face from them at that time(G)
because of the crimes they have committed.

False Prophets Judged

This is what the Lord says
concerning the prophets
who lead my people astray,(H)
who proclaim(I) peace
when they have food to sink their teeth into
but declare war against the one
who puts nothing in their mouths.
Therefore, it will be night(J) for you—
without visions;
it will grow dark for you—
without divination.(K)
The sun will set(L) on these prophets,
and the daylight will turn black over them.
Then the seers will be ashamed(M)
and the diviners disappointed.(N)
They will all cover their mouths[a](O)
because there will be no answer from God.(P)

As for me, however, I am filled with power(Q)
by the Spirit of the Lord,
with justice and courage,
to proclaim to Jacob his rebellion
and to Israel his sin.(R)

Zion’s Destruction

Listen to this, leaders of the house of Jacob,(S)
you rulers of the house of Israel,
who abhor justice(T)
and pervert everything that is right,
10 who build Zion with bloodshed(U)
and Jerusalem with injustice.
11 Her leaders issue rulings for a bribe,(V)
her priests teach for payment,(W)
and her prophets practice divination for money.
Yet they lean on the Lord, saying,
“Isn’t the Lord(X) among us?
No disaster will overtake us.”
12 Therefore, because of you,
Zion will be plowed like a field,
Jerusalem will become ruins,(Y)
and the hill of the temple mount(Z)
will be a thicket.(AA)

Footnotes

  1. Micah 3:7 Lit mustache

Leaders and Prophets Rebuked

Then I said,

“Listen, you leaders(A) of Jacob,
    you rulers of Israel.
Should you not embrace justice,
    you who hate good and love evil;
who tear the skin from my people
    and the flesh from their bones;(B)
who eat my people’s flesh,(C)
    strip off their skin
    and break their bones in pieces;(D)
who chop(E) them up like meat for the pan,
    like flesh for the pot?(F)

Then they will cry out to the Lord,
    but he will not answer them.(G)
At that time he will hide his face(H) from them
    because of the evil they have done.(I)

This is what the Lord says:

“As for the prophets
    who lead my people astray,(J)
they proclaim ‘peace’(K)
    if they have something to eat,
but prepare to wage war against anyone
    who refuses to feed them.
Therefore night will come over you, without visions,
    and darkness, without divination.(L)
The sun will set for the prophets,(M)
    and the day will go dark for them.(N)
The seers will be ashamed(O)
    and the diviners disgraced.(P)
They will all cover(Q) their faces(R)
    because there is no answer from God.(S)
But as for me, I am filled with power,
    with the Spirit of the Lord,
    and with justice and might,
to declare to Jacob his transgression,
    to Israel his sin.(T)

Hear this, you leaders of Jacob,
    you rulers of Israel,
who despise justice
    and distort all that is right;(U)
10 who build(V) Zion with bloodshed,(W)
    and Jerusalem with wickedness.(X)
11 Her leaders judge for a bribe,(Y)
    her priests teach for a price,(Z)
    and her prophets tell fortunes for money.(AA)
Yet they look(AB) for the Lord’s support and say,
    “Is not the Lord among us?
    No disaster will come upon us.”(AC)
12 Therefore because of you,
    Zion will be plowed like a field,
Jerusalem will become a heap of rubble,(AD)
    the temple(AE) hill a mound overgrown with thickets.(AF)